Yangtze
The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a…The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.
» The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia.
Meaning
1 sensesThe chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.
Jangtse
Янцзы́Janczý, Чанцзя́нČanczján
Янцзи́Janczý, Чанцзя́нČanczján
Examples
4 sentencesThe Yangtze is the longest river in Asia.
Cities and provinces along the Yangtze River in central China are grappling with the country's worst drought in more than 50 years.
ruГорода и провинции, расположенные вдоль реки Янцзы в Центральном Китае, борются с сильнейшей за более чем пятьдесят лет засухой.
Known as the water towers of Asia, the Himalayas feed 10 major rivers such as the Yangtze, the Ganges and the Indus.
Shanghainese is actually a kind of pidgin, based on Wu dialects, Lower Yangtze Mandarin, and English loanwords.
Translations
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Origin
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 揚子 /扬子 (Yángzǐ) and 揚子江 /扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng), a foFrom the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 揚子 /扬子 (Yángzǐ) and 揚子江 /扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng), a former name for the lower stretches of the Yangtze derived from 揚子津 (Yángzǐjīn)(zh-wikipedia), a former ferry crossing near Yangzhou, applied by foreign visitors to the entire length of the river. The folk etymology that it means "Son of the Ocean" derives from the homophonic misnomer 洋子江 which was apparently given to Matteo Ricci, whose posthumously published journals popularized the river in Europe as Latin Iansu and Iansuchian.
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